Couple gives UW-Stevens Point $1 million for new career center in School of Business

Keith and Tammy Anderson of Virginia have committed $1 million to UW-Stevens Point to establish a Classroom to Career Center in the School of Business and Economics.(Photo: University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point)

STEVENS POINT - The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point will be home to a new business center thanks to large money donation from an alumnus and his wife.

UW-Stevens Point announced Monday that Keith and Tammy Anderson committed to making a $1 million donation to the UW-Stevens Point Foundation to establish the Keith and Tammy Anderson Classroom to Career Center. The center will be located on the first floor of the College of Professional Studies Building and will function as part of the School of Business and Economics.

Keith Anderson, originally from Stoughton, Wisconsin, earned his degree from UW-Stevens Point in business administration in 1985 and is the executive vice president of operation for NVR Inc., a large homebuilding and mortgage banking company.

The center will act as a single location for students to learn about business majors, receive career and financial support and find out about internship and professional development opportunities, according to a news release from the university. The center will also house School of Business data collection, business outreach and event planning. The university hopes for it to become a defining symbol of its School of Business and Economics, according to the news release.

Keith Anderson is an active member on the business school's advisory council and the couple have previously contributed to School of Business and Economics Senior Week and scholarships for students interning at nonprofits.

“We grew up in a small town in Wisconsin with dreams of success like many of today’s Pointer students," Anderson said in a news release. "We now have the opportunity to equip students with the tools and strategies needed to follow their dreams, a responsibility I take very seriously.”

“Keith and Tammy Anderson are incredibly committed to the success of our business students at UW-Stevens Point,” Marty Loy, dean of the College of Professional Studies, said in a news release. “Their thoughtfulness and generosity will enable the School of Business and Economics to recruit new students, further enhance its personal approach to supporting current students and connect them with peers, faculty and members of the business community.”

The $1 million gift pledged by the Andersons brings the university closer to its $30 million goal for its "Then, Now & Forever: We Are Point" capital campaign, which went public in April 2016.